Abdelaziz al-Maghrawi


Abu Faris abd al-Aziz al-Maghrawi was a Moroccan poet and the first known author of a qasida written in malhun. He was one of the poets of the court of the Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur. He is still well known in Morocco. His name is preserved in the proverb "Nothing that is long is of interest except the palmtree and al-Maghrawi".
One of his best known poems is "Chafett Aïni Ya Raoui".
He was a descendant of the Berber Maghrawa tribe.